Which city is that again?
In a city that have the facility to handle the virus. i.e. we are the only handful of cities that have hospital(s) to deal with the virus ...
As my colleague said if you want to catch the virus you might as well catch it here because we are destined as the centre to deal with it in the North East.
Yes, I still hope there is a lock down and hope the media will generate enough panic to do so ... let's go full melt down ...
Pop over to mumsnet if you want balanced discussion about coronavirus..
The place has literally gone into meltdown..
But it's normally such a bastion of restraint, common sense and reasoned argument.
I was hoping that meetings could be done by teleconference at our place. The answer came back… Powwow.
That's a name I've not heard... in a very long time...
That’s a name I’ve not heard… in a very long time…
Do you remember ever owning a droid?
don’t lick strangers.
That's what is on the restraining order.
On a serious note there's a possibility that the US Presidential nomination process may need to restart as all the candidates on both sides are in the at risk age group.
Aldi and Tesco in Ilkeston fully stocked with pasta and bog roll. Given the areas reputation for being a bastion of the far right, I'm guessing the locals are assuming that those foreign bugs wouldn't dare come here
Powwow.
I used to watch hours and hours of Native American gathering on youtbue i.e. their festival. I hope that is what it means. I may be wrong?
Yes, I still hope there is a lock down and hope the media will generate enough panic to do so … let’s go full melt down …
What a bizarre little man you are.
Someone in our office just tested positive, which does feel a bit close to home, frankly.
Building now closed for deep cleaning and everyone working from home 'til further notice. (I was anyway, but now feel justified in taking a be-as-cautious-as-you-can-be-or-don't-bother-at-all approach).
What a bizarre little man you are.
I think the word is troll
Someone in our office just tested positive
Could you politely ask them to tell PHE they spent the last week visiting the various halls of the NEC? It really would improve my week.
I'm 67 with an underlying respiratory disease called small airways disease plus asthma. I have planned a cycle holiday in the Dolomites this July, most of which is now booked.
Based on what we know, would you go if you were me?
No!
If you haven't already caught it here by July, then you have to hope Italy has got a handle on it by then and it's under control.
Based on what we know, would you go if you were me?
July might be fine but it all depends on the virus count for UK. Hopefully it might be over by then.
Won't make much difference where you are by July. Also by then the chances are that summer temps will have it in retreat anyway? I certainly wouldn't be cancelling anything yet, I don't think.
Based on what we know,
If you know what this will look like in July please go work for the WHO and any national government you can.
Oh and what numbers for the euro millions on Friday please?
Also by then the chances are that summer temps will have it in retreat anyway?
Provided the temperature get up to 27C and above.
Note that in Borneo our daily temperature is around 34C and coldest is 27C but people are still catching the virus albeit with no fatality, yet, by comparison to region with colder climate like Italy or Iran.
Also by then the chances are that summer temps will have it in retreat anyway?
What's the weather like in Iran at this time of year? Or Sydney maybe?
What’s the weather like in Iran at this time of year? Or Sydney maybe?
For today both are between 16C to 18C.
In Malaysia there are 117 cases with two serious case with no fatality. Singapore has 150 cases with 9 critical. Both countries have contracted the virus very soon after China. Note that both these countries have roughly the same hot weather while any other countries with slightly colder weather have seen fatalities.
https://www.tageszeitung.it/2020/03/08/hotels-und-skigebiete-schliessen/
As of today all skiing is off in South Tyrol (the German speaking bit of Italy in the North....).
Ski areas and hotels are to close.
> https://www.tageszeitung.it/2020/03/08/hotels-und-skigebiete-schliessen/ < Friend of mine is just back from South Tyrol and now has to self quarantine himself, missus and two kids. Crazy times. I'm slowly slipping. Need to do something constructive with myself..
as in PowWowNow? (not heard of them before, just googled it). That name, seriously?! Why didn't they just call it JungleDrums™ 😂I was hoping that meetings could be done by teleconference at our place. The answer came back… Powwow.
as in PowWowNow? (not heard of them before, just googled it). That name, seriously?! Why didn’t they just call it JungleDrums™
Because then How instead of FAQ would have lacked the je ne sais quoi
I see the cream of the UK establishment are having a mass meeting at Westminster Abbey today. Clearly they've all received the secret vaccine that's being denied to the rest of the country. EIther that or we can look forward to a bit of a clearout in the coming weeks.
Could you politely ask them to tell PHE they spent the last week visiting the various halls of the NEC? It really would improve my week.
No need. Stand down
Just nipped into my local Sainsbury's and bumped into my cousin who works there. The last few days have been crazy. They're completely sold out of chopped tomatoes - but not the Italian ones (plenty of those left). I didn't realise tomatoes could contract the coronavirus.
I’m 67 with an underlying respiratory disease called small airways disease plus asthma. I have planned a cycle holiday in the Dolomites this July, most of which is now booked.
Based on what we know, would you go if you were me?
Next year you'll be 68 with an underlying respiratory disease called small airways disease plus asthma.
By July we'll either:
all be dead;
all have a vaccine/survived it and are temporarily immune until next years mutation;
or all of Europe will be quarantined into microstates warring with eachother Mas Max Fury road style.
First case diagnosed in Newport today. I had to attend the RGH there for a best interests meeting for a client. I was expecting to see hordes of people walking around with surgical masks on ... nope!
I seen a couple people having a good old cough; full lung expanding efforts - no covering with tissue or hanky - so if infected would likely have guaranteed to contaminate about 50 people stood in very close proximity. In my clients room there was no sanitiser ... I had to go out into the corridor and try 3 different dispensers before I found one that wasnt empty.
I think we are not going to contain this anything as well as the Chinese.
By heck, I wish I hadn't peeked at Mumsnet after a comment further up the thread.
There's a few on there expecting this by April.
China have been able to contain it with mass quatentine, using stadiums & temporary hospitals & corporal punishment for people breaking quarantine
The opportunity to contain this here went weeks ago
Government seem incredibly complacent or just know there's little they can do but aren't admit it
we have 20,000 Less hospital beds than 10 years ago & similar number of social care places lost means bed blocking at highest ever level, worst ever NHS staffing shortage, including 1000s fewer EU nurses.
Tories didn't cause this but they've helped make sure we are completely unable to deal with it.
Local gp just shut down, it's right next to our school & nursery & just opposite OAP home
& guy died at mk hospital hadn't told them he'd been on a cruise & his family were out in community meaning that it's probably spread quite widely here, and several drs, nurses & staff now off in isolation too
Thank the lord. Wine society and malt whisky society deliveries safely landed. I’ve been off work for 3 weeks with Flu which could well have been this but who knows anyway now I can self quarantine as I still feel dicky. And basically get pished. I feel like this is an extension if the works going to hell in a handcart. If the Donald gets it I’d be delighted.
Mrs Anagallis just went to tesco for bin bags and balsamic vinegar, no bog roll, no bleach, no hand sopa no hand sanitiser, no pasta no tinned tomato, luckily I want wholewhat spagetti and they had loads of that on saturday!@
I'm supposed to go to London tomorrow for a conference and some meetings... Would you go?
Not personally but I don’t get much value out of those things anyway.
I work for a health charity and they’re cramming two full departments from multiple offices into a poorly ventilated room for the next two days. I’m not going, and to be fair I do actually have a cold and no one needs my mucus/nose sound effects.
Yes I would go.
Yes I would go.
Are you a paramedic?
@Drac - I've had a stinking cold all weekend, strong headaches, sore throat too but temp has been below 37.1
Are you a paramedic?
He has the magic iPad, that’s enough (surely)...
🤣
Well, what I was thinking was that perhaps they might have something worthwhile at medical conferences.
As opposed to those I’ve been too in other sectors which have been almost universal toss/pish.
This is NOT FAIR:
If that was today I’d qualify for a weeks official ‘sickie’...
Maybe I can milk it and manage to draw it out until it comes into effect, no?
Italy extending ‘lock down’ to whole of country now. That’s a fairly hardcore move, it has to be said.
What I fail to grasp is why is Italy getting hit so hard?
Demographic /environmental?
Or are they just better at testing or simply being more honest?
Italy extending ‘lock down’ to whole of country now. That’s a fairly hardcore move, it has to be said.
Israil apparently forcing any one coming into the country into self quarantine apparently.
What I fail to grasp is why is Italy getting hit so hard?
Demographic /environmental?
Not washing their hands whilst singing happy birthday and poor supplies of toilet paper.
Its was only 14 days ago and Italy had fewer cases than we do now. Now they have 9172 cases and 463 dead.
